GlassWorm, a self-propagating VS Code malware first found in the Open VSX marketplace, continues to infect developer devices ...

A suspicious Visual Studio Code extension with file-encrypting and data-stealing behavior successfully bypassed marketplace ...

A published VS Code extension didn't hide the fact that it encrypts and exfiltrates data and also failed to remove obvious signs it was AI-generated.

At its core, VS Code is built on an open source project called Code OSS, published under the permissive MIT license.

For a few days now, a supply chain attack has been running through the Visual Studio Code marketplaces. Both Microsoft's Marketplace and the alternative Open-VSX marketplace of the Eclipse Foundation ...

Keeping your code clean and consistent improves readability and prevents errors. Visual Studio offers built-in tools that automatically format your code according to standard or custom styling rules.

Running your code in Visual Studio only takes a few clicks once your project is configured correctly. Here’s how to start, debug, and test apps across different programming languages. Follow these ...

Hamza is a certified Technical Support Engineer. The error “Visual Studio Code Error: The Window Terminated Unexpectedly” occurs when VS Code crashes during ...

Visual Studio Code now has a new auto AI model selector that favors Claude 4 over GPT-5. Visual Studio Code now has a new auto AI model selector that favors Claude 4 over GPT-5. is a senior editor and ...

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a loophole in Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code (VS Code) Marketplace that enables attackers to reuse deleted extension names, potentially allowing malware to ...

The Java ecosystem has historically been blessed with great IDEs to work with, including NetBeans, Eclipse and IntelliJ from JetBrains. However, in recent years Microsoft's Visual Studio Code editor ...

The Python team at Microsoft is continuing its overhaul of environment management in Visual Studio Code, with the August 2025 release advancing the controlled rollout of the new Python Environments ...